For decades after his last ride, it rested on a sawhorse in a darkened corner of my father’s garage — his favorite Western saddle.
Intervention did not have lasting positive impact on older adults following injuries, trial finds
By
Kristen Fischer
May 08, 2024
An intervention for older adults with recent injuries had a positive impact on anxiety and depression when it started, but the results didn’t last when researchers evaluated the results a year after...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 4
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 04, 2023
How race may affect memory care … Watch out for aortic stenosis in people with rheumatoid arthritis … Past trauma tied to poor health in older adults … Immunity’s role in neurodegeneration, aging
Calling for a trauma-aware culture in long-term care
By
Kelseanne Breder
Jul 12, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently updated the Rules of Participation to require that long-term care facilities provide trauma-informed care to residents. Failure by LTC staff to recognize...
Older men at higher risk for falls-related skull fractures: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 09, 2023
Investigators said they were surprised by the results, which showed that males aged 65 and older with acute head injury had significantly more skull fractures than females, mostly linked to falls.
Moral injury program addresses growing evidence of COVID’s frontline impact
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2022
An expanding program aims to address the moral injury suffered by frontline nursing home and aging services staff, whose struggles with pandemic-era care delivery are being illustrated in a growing body...
Nursing home’s required discharges halted after at least 4 deaths
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
A massive, publicly owned nursing home that saw four residents die after being discharged as part of a federal closure plan has been given a temporary reprieve.
Trauma-informed care needed for LTC residents with dementia, authors contend
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 18, 2022
Trauma-informed strategies are long overdue for nursing home residents with dementia and past trauma and/or PTSD, according to a new call to action.
Social stress may speed immune system aging: study
Jun 27, 2022
Exposure to social stress including trauma and discrimination is associated with signs of accelerated immune system aging, a first-time study has found.
ACS: Patients can be evaluated for stroke and trauma with STRAUMA Alert
Nov 03, 2021
While the approach adds a few minutes for time to CT, there was no impact on start of treatment